Saturday, October 19, 2013

With another day in the high 70s, we were back on the beach, this time a few miles south of here. The extremely low tide exposed reefs and tide pools not normally seen. We walked as far as the river mouth, running too strong to cross.

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

My daughter helped me rearrange the living room furniture and haul a few things into and out of the garage, in anticipation of Christmas being right around the corner. It took less than 5 minutes for Thomas to suss out the situation and claim a new favorite spot.

Friday, October 4, 2013

Thursday, October 3, 2013

These are some of our busiest days of the year, as the last of the boxes arrive from our manufacturers in Europe. Even my dad just shakes his head and wonders, "What in the world?" - and he's used to us!

This is all millinery fruit, hand made as it has been for the past 125 or so years, for use in hat making originally, but now used by artists and craftsmen for much else.

Raspberries, blueberries, miniature bananas, oranges and lemons... We visited the factory last April, where each one is created on one of the wheels, below. Those are drying racks to the left.